Belvedere Resort Zanzibar

This medium-quality relatively low cost lodge is set on a magnificent white-sand beach at the back of a stunning coral lagoon. It is a clean and efficient little place, with modest public areas and accommodation in a total of seven modest guest rooms.

The main potential downsides are that the lodge is definitely too simple for some tastes and is close to other properties, as well as the fact that the beach is not private and the lagoon is very tidal. The lodge is too remote for some excursions around the island, the diving is not the strongest on Zanzibar and there is very little night-life.